Ban (family name)

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Ban is a Chinese family name. The transcription stands for the following Chinese characters:

  • 班

Well-known namesake

  • Ban Zhao 班昭 , Pan Chao (around 45 - 116); Chinese lady-in-waiting and historian
  • Ban Chao 班超 , Bān Chāo , Pan Ch'ao (32 - 102), majority name of Zhong Sheng ; Chinese general at the time of the Han dynasty.

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